Tag: Mug
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Berlinale 2018 Awards: ‘Touch Me Not’ Wins Golden Bear as Wes Anderson Is Named Best Director for ‘Isle of Dogs’
The Berlin Film Festival has come to a close, and Adina Pintilie’s has emerged with the film world’s nicest looking award: the Golden Bear for Best Film. Wes Anderson was awarded the Silver Bear for Best Director by the six-person jury, which was led by Tom Tykwer and seems to have been as wowed by…
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Berlin Film Review: ‘Mug’
The asterisks would practically outnumber the alphabet if one were to quote the exact Metallica lyric that blares out intermittently during Malgorzata Szumowska’s “Mug.” Suffice to say, the song is “Hardwired,” and the cut concludes with a treble drumbeat underlining the sentiment “Hard-wired to self! de! struct!” At first it seems to be a choice…
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European Industry Says ‘Enough of Dismissing Harassment,’ Launches New Initiative
After #MeToo in the U.S., the European film business is making its voice heard on harassment, with the launch in Berlin on Saturday of a region-wide initiative called Speak Up. The plan is to offer a reporting service for victims and to clamp down on abuse in the workplace and – fittingly, given the Berlinale…